An E.V. Start-Up Backed by UPS Does Away With the Assembly Line
Arrival, a developer of electric vans and buses, says it has come up with a cheaper way to build vehicles in small factories. But can it deliver on that promise?
Arrival, a London developer of electric vans and buses, is creating what it calls highly automated microfactories.Credit.Andrew Testa for The New York Times
April 21, 2021Updated 1:01 p.m. ET
A small electric vehicle company backed by UPS wants to replace the assembly lines automakers have used for more than a century with something radically different small factories employing a few hundred workers.
Their London pub was reduced to rubble. They fought to bring it back
19 Apr, 2021 06:00 AM
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Pubs across England reopened as coronavirus restrictions eased. But the Carlton Tavern in London had been closed for years, not months. Photo / Mary Turner, The New York Times
Pubs across England reopened as coronavirus restrictions eased. But the Carlton Tavern in London had been closed for years, not months. Photo / Mary Turner, The New York Times
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By: Megan Specia
Developers knocked down the Carlton Tavern six years ago to make way for luxury apartments. After a legal fight, they were ordered to rebuild it, brick by brick.
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Near Windsor Castle on Saturday.Credit.Andrew Testa for The New York Times
Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh and husband of Queen Elizabeth II who died last week at age 99, will be laid to rest on Saturday after a funeral service at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle. His send-off will be highly unusual in part because coronavirus restrictions meant the ceremony had to be scaled back, but also because it comes just after a very public airing of a family rift.
Pandemic rules in Britain have meant that the funeral will be pared down, with adjustments that include a limit of 30 guests at the church service. The queen and select family members will all be wearing masks and seated six feet apart.
Covid 19 coronavirus: Western warnings tarnish vaccines the world badly needs
14 Apr, 2021 09:48 PM
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In South Africa, health officials paused giving the Johnson & Johnson shot, the only one they have, a repeat blow after dropping AstraZeneca from their arsenal. Photo / Joao Silva, The New York Times
In South Africa, health officials paused giving the Johnson & Johnson shot, the only one they have, a repeat blow after dropping AstraZeneca from their arsenal. Photo / Joao Silva, The New York Times
New York Times
By: Benjamin Mueller
Amid a deep residue of mistrust, Western cautions on the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson vaccines risk igniting an explosion of damaging anti-vaccine fervour in the global south.